Leeds West (UK Parliament constituency)
Leeds West is a borough constituency in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire which is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election. The current MP is Rachel Reeves of the Labour Party. With the exception of the Parliament of 1983–87, the seat has been held by Labour since 1945.
Rachel Reeves, Member of Parliament for Leeds West since 2010
Edmund Harvey
H. Gladstone
J.T. North
Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. The city was a small manorial borough in the 13th century and a market town in the 16th century. It expanded by becoming a major production centre, including of carbonated water, which was invented there in the 1760s, and trading centre for the 17th and 18th centuries.
Image: Leeds Town Hall (30th January 2019)
Image: County Arcade (2022)
Image: Granary Wharf Flickr 16 June 2023 2
Image: Leeds Dock Flickr 4 August 2022